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n. - A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant; Deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves.

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  • 2 - Ricci brand liquorice is sold in Go Lo stores, Woolworths, and selected chemists.
  • Another solution may be recommended, that of the black liquorice, which is a transparent brown, and naturally hard.
  • Note other loanwords entering into Latin from Greek that show the same curious loss of g- eg. liquiritia 'liquorice'
  • On the beach of the great river they found an abundance of a sweet fragrant root which Mackenzie calls "liquorice".
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